whats the strangest place you have seen roots

[Bob Rolfe]

i was talking to one of our ex tree officers about a root pruning job he had given me and he said he had seen roots grow under a guy floorboards so much so that when you take the carpet up you could see then and on another callout he had seen root growing behind the back of some couple fireplace behind a gas fire lol

[Stephen Blair]

none as cool as that bob, but i heard about a dog who had a seed in its ear and the root went into its brain and killed it, dont know if it was a tall tale or not. i might even go and google it now

[tommer9]

Roots under floors and behind fireplaces?? Sure it wasnt dry rot!?

[Mark Bolam]

Have replaced a drain pipe with a root growing UP it.

[Charlieh]

on the top of the peak district moorlands roots were being washed out along a gully side BGS who i was surveying with at the time thought it was several thousands of years old, and had be preserved by the bog! it look quite fresh for its age!

[David Humphries]

Not really a strange place for roots, but I never fail to be amazed at the durability and niche survival instincts of Tree species.

 

Willow submerged in pond

 

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[mdvaden]

This man is Thomas. Came from Germany last Spring to the redwoods. We were exploring and one trail goes past a Hemlock with a root snaking sideways about 40 feet. Part of it is visible here.

 

Roots are common on logs, but not usually this exposed in the air. The bark decayed years ago.

[Bundle 2]

Figure there has to be some rooting involved here......freaky or what, I wonder how much oxygen it could pump out.....?

 

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[mdvaden]

Figure there has to be some rooting involved here......freaky or what, I wonder how much oxygen it could pump out.....

 

The roots grow into the logs, often under extending under the bark. The one in the image above eventually roots into the ground where the log rests on soil.

 

Here is one more that reminds me of "The Claw" thing that Jim Carrey did in some movie:

[gibbon]

The roots grow into the logs, often under extending under the bark. The one in the image above eventually roots into the ground where the log rests on soil.

 

Here is one more that reminds me of "The Claw" thing that Jim Carrey did in some movie:

 

I like that alot.